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Acts 8:24

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8:24But Simon replied,48 “You pray to the Lord for me so that nothing of what you have said may happen to49 me.”

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Footnotes

  1. 48 Grk “Simon answered and said.” Given that Simon does not follow Peter’s call for repentance, many interpreters read this reply as flippant rather than sincere. But the exact nature of Simon’s reply is not entirely clear.
  2. 49 Grk “may come upon.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And Simon answered, “Pray for me to the Lord, that nothing of what you have said may come upon me.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Then Simon answered, “Pray to the Lord for me so that nothing you have said may happen to me.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

“Pray to the Lord for me,” Simon replied, “so that nothing you have said may happen to me.”

NLTNew Living Translation

“Pray to the Lord for me,” Simon exclaimed, “that these terrible things you’ve said won’t happen to me!”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

But Simon answered and said, “You pray to the Lord for me so that nothing of what you have said will come upon me.”

KJV 1900King James Version

Then answered Simon, and said, Pray ye to the Lord for me, that none of these things which ye have spoken come upon me.